LAVAR BALL: A MASTER OF FRAME CONTROL

Love him or hate him, Lavar Ball is a master of frame control. While a lot of things he utters are complete nonsense, one should look past his warts to see how he holds his frame against even the harshest verbal attacks and insults.

I mean, how does someone who says such ridiculous things get on TV and defend his views competently, and not only competently, but expertly?

Put aside your personal feelings about Mr. Ball and see what there is to learn from him, especially about frame control.

Believe it or not, there's a lot more than you think.

"Frame control" is controlling the terms and perspective of a verbal interaction or confrontation (usually confrontation).

While he's a self promoter to the highest degree, there are a surprising number of things one can learn from Lavar Ball in regards to his verbal and non-verbal skills and even more importantly, how to thrive against even the most vicious of verbal confrontations.

In this video, you will watch him on ESPN's First Take with Stephen A. Smith, and learn FOURTEEN tricks of frame control that will help you radically improve how you deal with and handle verbal confrontations.

1:58 - See how his body language is congruent with his words.

2:20 - Check out his mindset towards verbal confrontations Most people shy away from confrontation, not Lavar Ball.

3:07 - See what underlying belief is important to holding your frame

3:38 - Don't ever be defensive. This is how you show others that you are not defensive.

4:10 - This is how you sub-communicate that you are controlling the frame.

5:09 - The best attitude to have towards verbal confrontations and the other participants. It's not anger or frustration.

5:41 - This is how you convey that attitude with body language.

6:10 - How to get out of a verbal jam.

6:42 - A sneaky tactic for controlling the frame without addressing anything substantive.

7:25 - Yet another mindset/attitude you want to have to always control the frame.

8:17 - How to deal with annoying questions.

8:50 - The ultimate way to keep the frame in any verbal confrontation.

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